Zigzag of John Bolton

Nikol Pashinyan’s statement is one of the clearest signals yet that Yerevan no longer regards Russia’s military presence as an unconditional guarantee of Armenian security. Relations between Russia and Armenia, long described by Moscow as an...

The 113,000 border crossings recorded at Upper Lars have revived fears of mobilisation. Yet the data do not so far confirm a new mass migration to the South Caucasus. The Upper Lars crossing between Russia and Georgia has once again become a...

Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to persuade Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to reconsider his country’s course towards closer ties with the European Union, with the two leaders confirming after talks in Bishkek that they remained divided over whether that process was compatible with Yerevan’s membership of the Eurasian Economic Union.

Relations between Armenia and Russia need to be “put on a healthier footing,” Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said as disagreements between the two countries intensify over issues ranging from railway management to Yerevan’s foreign-policy...